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legislation/us/states/wv/2021/hb-2495.md

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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to the filing of asbestos and silica claims"
+description: "Relating to the filing of asbestos and silica claims"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
+legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
+session: "2021"
+identifier: "HB 2495"
+citation: "West Virginia HB 2495 (2021)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Actions", "Suits and Liens"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Westfall"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 34
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2021-02-15"
+last_action: "2021-05-20"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/97026ff4-b030-4f7f-a843-a9001d2bdaa9"
+source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=2495&year=2021&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
+source_hash: "54d0bedc977743ed68295072d06378fc341369e2c534c4974f3bbd496bb5af81"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-wv"]
+---
+
+# West Virginia HB 2495 (2021) — Relating to the filing of asbestos and silica claims
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB2495%20SUB.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=2495)
+2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB2495%20SUB%20ENR.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=2495)
+3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB2495%20INTR.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=2495)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Westfall — primary (person)
+- Keaton — cosponsor (person)
+- Kessinger — cosponsor (person)
+- Pack, L. — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-02-15** Filed for introduction `filing`
+- **2021-02-15** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2021-02-15** Introduced in House `introduction`
+- **2021-02-15** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-15** By substitute, do pass
+- **2021-03-16** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
+- **2021-03-16** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2021-03-17** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2021-03-17** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2021-03-18** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2021-03-18** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-03-18** Passed House (Roll No. 189) `passage`
+- **2021-03-18** Communicated to Senate
+- **2021-03-19** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
+- **2021-03-19** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-19** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-27** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
+- **2021-03-29** On 1st reading
+- **2021-03-29** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2021-03-30** On 2nd reading
+- **2021-03-30** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2021-03-31** On 3rd reading
+- **2021-03-31** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-03-31** Passed Senate (Roll No. 286) `passage`
+- **2021-03-31** Communicated to House
+- **2021-03-31** Completed legislative action
+- **2021-04-01** House received Senate message
+- **2021-04-07** To Governor 4/7/21 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-04-07** To Governor 4/7/21 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-04-07** To Governor 4/7/21 `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-04-10** Approved by Governor 4/15/21 - Senate Journal
+- **2021-04-10** Approved by Governor 4/15/21 - House Journal
+- **2021-04-15** Approved by Governor 4/15/21 `executive-signature`
+- **2021-05-20** Chapter 4, Acts, Regular Session, 2021
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/97026ff4-b030-4f7f-a843-a9001d2bdaa9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
+